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Time to Make Burgers
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In a post entitled Keep Ya Head Up, I stated, “Show me your sacred cows and I’ll make burgers of...
Deric Hollings
Feb 28, 20248 min read
Shoot 'Em Up
[DISCLAIMER] *All persons alluded to or mentioned herein are presumed innocent unless otherwise proven guilty. On February 15, 2024, I...
Deric Hollings
Feb 27, 20247 min read
Suffering, Struggling, and Battling vs. Experiencing
[DISCLAIMER] I invite you to read aloud the following sentences: · I suffer with mental illness. · I suffer from depression. · I...
Deric Hollings
Feb 27, 20244 min read
The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
[DISCLAIMER] I at least prevailed in art As a child, the only school subject in which I excelled was art. My dad and older sister were...
Deric Hollings
Feb 27, 202411 min read
Doing the Work
[DISCLAIMER] Earlier, when listening to “Work” by ATFC and The Cube Guys, I was reminded of a meme attributed to therapy culture—the...
Deric Hollings
Feb 25, 20244 min read
Less Ordinary
[DISCLAIMER] The 2022 album A Life Less Ordinary, from rapper Kenneth Masters and producer BoFaatBeatz, features a song entitled “Less...
Deric Hollings
Feb 25, 20245 min read
Personal Agency
[DISCLAIMER] Defining terms Socio-politically speaking, the term “agency” may have different meanings. According to one source, “Personal...
Deric Hollings
Feb 24, 202412 min read
Listening for the ABCs
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I listen closely for the Actions, Beliefs, and Consequences of the...
Deric Hollings
Feb 24, 20243 min read
High Frustration Tolerance
[DISCLAIMER] Given responses I’ve heard from people in my personal and professional life about dating, I’m glad that my days of courtship...
Deric Hollings
Feb 24, 20247 min read
Tautology
[DISCLAIMER] A rhetorical tautology may be described as the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be...
Deric Hollings
Feb 23, 20244 min read
Concurrent Psychotherapy
[DISCLAIMER] From time to time, the issue of concurrent psychotherapy arises in regards to the services I provide. As such, this blogpost...
Deric Hollings
Feb 23, 20245 min read
Wacky Beliefs
[DISCLAIMER] I enjoyed visiting arcades when I was a child. Although I wasn’t particularly skillful when playing electronic games (e.g.,...
Deric Hollings
Feb 23, 20244 min read
Relax Your Mind, Let Your Conscious be Free
[DISCLAIMER] In 1989, I attended LL Cool J’s Nitro World Tour, which featured Eazy-E, N.W.A, Slick Rick, De La Soul, and though he was...
Deric Hollings
Feb 22, 20246 min read
I Have a Theory About That
[DISCLAIMER] I recently listened to episode #296 of Michael Malice’s Your Welcome podcast in which Malice interviewed Bret Weinstein, and...
Deric Hollings
Feb 20, 20245 min read
Dancing Through the Bullshit
[DISCLAIMER] To say that my time as a Marine Security Guard in Lima, Peru from August 2000 to March 2001 was challenging would be an...
Deric Hollings
Feb 18, 20245 min read
Accepting the Tendency to Self-Disturb
[DISCLAIMER] Although they may exist without my knowledge, I’m unaware of humans who don’t ever urinate or defecate. Even if there are...
Deric Hollings
Feb 18, 20245 min read
No
[DISCLAIMER] In 2001, a film called The Wash was released and I decided not to watch it, because I didn’t want it to spoil my memory of...
Deric Hollings
Feb 18, 20245 min read
Meta-Emotional Problems
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), clients occasionally present with meta-emotional problems. Page 64...
Deric Hollings
Feb 17, 20244 min read
Seeing is Believing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The proverb “seeing is believing” relates to the notion that one needs to visually observe something...
Deric Hollings
Feb 17, 20247 min read
Two-Tiered Justice System
[DISCLAIMER] *All persons alluded to herein are presumed innocent unless otherwise proven guilty. On February 15, 2024, I posted a blog...
Deric Hollings
Feb 17, 20245 min read
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